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In their new book, Pennycook and Otsuji introduce thenotion of 'metrolingualism':the use of languagein urban contexts by people of differing linguistic backgrounds. Due to increasing urban diversity, the use of language within cities is changing. The authors explorelanguage and linguisticswithin a number of contemporary situations, including markets, the kitchen and construction sites.Using different global cities as examples, the book engages with current debates about multilingualism and develops a new way of thinking about language.This textwill be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers of sociolinguistics and applied linguistics.

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Book category Books in English Language linguistics Psycholinguistics

• Full title: Metrolingualism
• Author: Alastair Pennycook
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206
• EAN: 9780415831659
• ISBN: 0415831652
• ID: 09088161
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 348 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 157 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. March 2015

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